Jer 38:2, 17-18 | ESV | STEP | Thus says the Lord : He who stays in this city shall die by the sword , by famine , and by pestilence , but he who goes out to the Chaldeans shall live . He shall have his life as a prize of war , and live .

f[See ver. 17 above]

Jeremiah 38:2

2 “Thus says the Lord: ^aHe who stays in this city shall die by the sword, by famine, and by pestilence, ^bbut he who goes out to the Chaldeans shall live. He shall have his life as a prize of war, and live.

Jeremiah 38:17-18

17 Then Jeremiah said to Zedekiah, “Thus says the Lord, the God of hosts, the God of Israel: ^cIf you will surrender to ^dthe officials of the king of Babylon, ^ethen your life shall be spared, and this city shall not be burned with fire, and you and your house shall live. 18 But if you do not surrender to ^fthe officials of the king of Babylon, ^gthen this city shall be given into the hand of the Chaldeans, ^hand they shall burn it with fire, and you shall not escape from their hand.”